Category Archives: Decatur Radio
Illinois Senate Committee Advances Bill Requiring School Kids Get Play Time
Public school students will get more play time under a bill that is advancing in an Illinois Senate committee. The measure requires 60 minutes of play time each school day for kids in kindergarten and...
Apr 22, 2021 Ryan Dickey / CC
Two Illinois Reps Want IDES To Open Offices Across the State
Two Representatives want the Illinois Department of Employment Security to open offices across the state. Representatives Dave Vella and Joe Sosnowski introduced the bipartisan resolution asking the s...
Apr 22, 2021 Bytemarks / CC
Illinois Local Leaders Worry About Less State Money
Local mayors from across Illinois say they cannot afford another budget cut from state government. A number of local leaders held a virtual news conference to push back on Governor JB Pritzker's plan ...
Apr 22, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
House Approves Measure To Expunge Records Following Acquittal
The Illinois House is advancing a measure that would immediately expunge records of charges against anyone acquitted of an offense. Currently, people can file to have their case sealed after they are ...
Apr 22, 2021 Blogtrepreneur / CC
YLIA Named Winner of Governor's Cup
Young Leaders In Action (YLIA), a service and leadership group of Macon County high school students, was named winner of the 2021 Governor's Cup, presented by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a virt...
Apr 21, 2021
Veterinarian Student Loans Available
The Illinois Farm Bureau is taking applications for their Illinois Veterinary Education Training Program. Loans of up to $40,000 are available to second-year veterinary students focused on Illinois fo...
Apr 21, 2021 Julia Rubinic / CC
Restaurant PPP Funds Available
Restaurants can now apply for access to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The federal program will grant up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per location and wouldn't have to ...
Apr 21, 2021 Strangely-Brown / CC
New Cannabis Licenses Possible in the Near Future
There could be dozens of new adult-use cannabis dispensary and craft grower licenses announced by state regulators in the weeks ahead. That's according to Illinois Cannabis Business Association of Ill...
Apr 21, 2021 Cannabis Culture / CC
Illinois House Votes to Create a Domestic Violence Task Force
Illinois House lawmakers are voting to create a new domestic violence task force. The House voted unanimously for "Colton's Task Force", named after 18 month old Colton Miller of Joliet who was shot a...
Apr 21, 2021 Daniel X. O'Neil / CC
Over 50-Percent Of Illinois Adults Received At Least First Vaccine Dose
The Illinois Department of Public Health says over 50-percent of adults in the state have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. IDPH also says 50-percent of 16-year-olds have received at least ...
Apr 21, 2021 KOMUnews / CC
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